Canoe support and shelter



Dec. 30, 1 924.

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Patented Dec. 39, rear...

UNITED STATES EDWARD C. KEMPEB, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 035 COLUMBIA.

CANGE SUPIOR'I AND SHELTER.

Application filed .Tune 28, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. Enwano C. .Knnrnn, a citizen of the Ilnited idtates, and a resident of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented. an Improve sent in a Canoe Support and Shelter, of which the fellow .ing (lQS'l'llPilOll. in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to a support for a canoe, boat or like contrirance and to the adapting of the latter to form a shelter.

My invention will be best understood from the following description when read in light of the accompanying drawings of a specific embodiment of my invention selected tor illustrativepurposes, while the scope of my invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 shows a canoe with the support and side walls of a shelter assembled;

Figs. 2 and 3 respectively are fragmentary sections on the lines 22 and 3-3 of Fig. 1;

I? 4 is a view of the support according to Fig. 2, looking at Fig. 2 from the right.

Referring to the drawings I have shown a canoe 1., supported in inverted position by supporting members 3 in. order that the canoe may form the root of a shelter the side walls of which are formed by the canvas strip 5.

In Fig. l I have shown a supporting member at each end of the canoe. 0n the opposite side of the canoe will be arranged two other supporting members in order that the canoe may be supported at four points. It will be understood. however, that if desired any suitable number o't supporting members may be employed.

Referring particularly to Figsv 2 and 4, each supporting member as shown comprises a U-shaped head having a web 7, which directly supports the gunwale 9 and further comprises the upstanding portions or flanges 11 and 13 projecting upwardly from the web on opposite sides of the gunwale. Although I may form the 'U-shaped head or the entire supporting member as an integral structure and of any suitable material, I have shown the web 7 and flange 11 as part of a metal brackeu the bracket being provided with a flange 15 riveted at 17 t0 a Wooden post 19. the upper portion of the Serial No. 481,140.

post forming the flange 13 of the U-shaped head. The body of the post is a continuation oi. the flange l3 and is provided at its lower end with the metal sheathing 21 providing a point 23 which may be driven into the ground by blows imparted to the upper edge 25 otthe post and for gauging the distance the point may be driven into the ground I provide the sheathing with a c0llar 27. For strengthening the head and protecting it I place around the outer edge of the same, a strip 29 of metal or other suitable material, riveted to the head at 31.

The outer portion of the flange 11 is so termed as to provide a nut 33, which screwthreadedly receives the clamping screw 35,

the latter being provided with a head 37 carried in a known manner by a universal joint on the end of the screw. By means of the screw, the supporting member may be clamped rigidly to the edges of the sides of the hull of the canoe and although the parts may be so formed as to cause the head of the screw to engage the 'gunwale, I have shown the head in engagement with the rib 39 of the canoe. For protecting the parts engaged by the Ushaped head I have shown a strip ll of leatheror other suitable material secured by fastening means 431 to the head of the post and under the metal strip 29. The leather strip is adapted to wrap around the gunwale and be engaged by U116 head 37 of the screw as illustrated by Fig. 2.

The bracket 11. below the nut 33 is formed with an eye 45, to which may be attached a wire or cord for suspending the side walls of the shelter. Between the supports the cord may be suspended in any suitable manner and for this purpose I have shown clamps 47 having the jaw 49 engaging the inner side of the gunwale and the screw 51 having the head 53 engaging the outside of the gunwale the jaw 49 being formed with an eye 51 for receiving the cord. In Fig. I have indicated the side walls 5 as carrying at their upper edges a series of hooks 55 which are adapted to engagethe cord 57 strung through the eyes 51 and 45. The lower portion of the side walls I have shown provided with tabs 59 which may be secured to the ground by means of pins 61 in order that the. lower edges of the walls may be held in position. The side walls may be formed in any suitable manner as forexample y of. a n i uous st ip f canvas, one end of which is provided with a row of buttons 63 adapted to be engaged by row of clips 65. It will be noted that by the construction just described the gunwales oi the canoe form eaves for the side walls 01 the shelter. 1

hen it is desired to support the canoe or to form the shelter, the supporting members 3 may be secured to the gunwale as just explained and the canoe then inverted with the points 23 resting on the ground, which points may be then driven into the ground by striking the head of the posts, after which the cord 57 may be strung through the eyes and the side walls hooked to the cord or if desired the supporting members and cord and canvas side walls may be permanently joined together. Under ordinary circumstances the supporting members will provide enough support for the canoe, but if desired, additional rigidity may be secured by means of guy-ropes secured to the canoe or to the supporting incur bers, one of which guy-ropes is indicated in Fig. 1, which shows the painter 67 of the canoe secured to a peg 69 driven into the ground. a

Although I have described for purposes of illustration one specific embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that I am not limited thereby to its particular mechanical details and that wide deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Claims: y v

l. The combination. with a canoe of the type having inwardly'projecting substantially flat sided gunwales, of suppor ing means therefor for holding said canoe entirely clear of the ground, said means comprising a plurality of posts, and means carriedby said p'osts onwhich the gunwales of said canoe are adapted to rest.

' 2. The combinationwith a canoe of the type having inwardly projecting substan tially flat sided gunwales, of supporting means therefor comprising a plurality of posts and means carried by said posts for securing said posts in fixed relation to the gun'wales of said canoe.

The combination with a canoe or the type having inwardly projecting substantially flat sided gunwales, of a plurality of posts for supporting said canoe at said gunwales,

v and each post carryingj means for detachably securing it to said canoe with the head of said post outside said canoe and overlapping the gunwale thereof.

l. A support for holding a canoe clear of the ground said support including a post, said post near one end having a bracket with an upstanding portionso disposed that the gunwale of said canoe may be received between said post and upstanding portion and rest upon said bracket, and means carportions projecting from the oppositesides of said flat portion for lying at the sides of said gunwale, said support also including a part adapted to rest on the ground which part is a continuation of one said portions at the side of said flat portion of said head, and means carried by one of said pro ecting portions for clamping the gunwale of said canoe to the other of said projecting portions.

('3. A support for a canoe, said support including a post with a flat sided end portion, a bracket carried by said post at said end, said bracket having a fiat bottom at right angles to the flat side of said end portion oi said post, said bracket also having an upstanding portion spaced fromthe fiat side of said end portion of said post, and a clamping screw carried by said upstanding portion.

7. The combinationwith a canoe of the type having inwardly projecting substantially fiat sided gunwales, of a plurality of posts for supporting said canoe at said gunwales in inverted position, said posts being positioned outside of the hull of said canoe with their ends projecting above the gun- 'alesot said canoe, and means carried by said posts for securing them to said canoe.

S. The combination with a canoe of the type having inwardly projecting substan tially fiat sided gunwales, 01? supporting means therefor upon which the gunwale-s of said canoe may rest, and means carried by said supporting means for causing the latter also to support the upper portion of the side walls of a shelteradjacent the inner edges of said gunwales.

9. The combination with a canoe of the type having inwardly projecting substantially flat sidedgunwales, of a pluralityof posts for supporting said canoe at said gunwales in inverted position, said posts being positioned outside the hull of said canoe with their ends projecting above the gun wales of said canoe, and means carried by said posts for securing them to said canoe and for supporting the side walls of a shelter.

10. A support for a canoe when in inverted position, said support including a wooden post having an end portion with a flat side,

protecting means carried by said post to ion carried by said bracket for securing thereto the supporting rope of a shelter, and a screw threaded clamping member carried by said bracket for clamping said post to said canoe.

11. A post for supporting a canoe, said post having a U-shaped head adapted to embrace the gunwale of said canoe with said gunwale resting on the bottom of said Ushaped head, and one side of said U- shaped head carrying a movable member so disposed that with said gunwale resting upon the bottom of said U-shaped head said movable member may be moved to project "from said side of said U-shaped head which carries it over the upper side of said gunwale.

12. The combination with a support for a canoe of the type having inwardly pro jecting substantially flat sided gunwales upon which the gunwales of said canoe may rest, of means carried by said support and movable relatively thereto for projecting over the inner sides of said gunwales.

13. The combination with a canoe of the type having inwardly projecting substantially fiat sided gunwales and a shelter having a side wall, of means for supporting said canoe in inverted position above said. side wall with the outside edge of a gunwale of said canoe projecting over the edge of said wall, and said means being so constructed that said gunwales may rest thereon.

14. The combination with a canoe of a post having a U-shaped head structure, means for securing said post to the side of a canoe and means carried by said post for supporting the wall of a shelter.

15. A support for a canoe comprising a post, a U-shapcd head carried by said post and adapted to engage the gunwale of said canoe, a flexible strip adapted to extend about a portion of said gunwale and rest against the hull of said canoe and a clamp carried by said head and adapted to grip said strip.

16. The combination with a canoe of supporting means for said canoe, said supporting means carrying other means for engaging the sides of said canoe, a side wall of a shelter, of which shelter said supported canoe forms the roof and means for supporting said side wall.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name tothis specification.

EDlVARD C. KEMPER. 

